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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24 (edited)The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemovhttps://amzn.to/3S49HOLQuite simply the best book I’ve read for helping to understand how players learn and how to teach them. It’s a game changer for how you deliver training sessions.Best quote from the book: “Teaching is knowing the difference between “I taught it” and “They learned it.”3Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24 (edited)The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemovhttps://amzn.to/3S49HOLQuite simply the best book I’ve read for helping to understand how players learn and how to teach them. It’s a game changer for how you deliver training sessions.Best quote from the book: “Teaching is knowing the difference between “I taught it” and “They learned it.”3Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24 (edited)The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemovhttps://amzn.to/3S49HOLQuite simply the best book I’ve read for helping to understand how players learn and how to teach them. It’s a game changer for how you deliver training sessions.Best quote from the book: “Teaching is knowing the difference between “I taught it” and “They learned it.”3Reply

Rachael Mulholland

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Rachael Mulholland • Jul ‘24@Kevin Middleton I have this in my Amazon basket!1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24@Rachael Mulholland You won’t regret it! It’s one of my favourite football books1Reply

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC by Pep Lijndershttps://amzn.to/4cxEiMWA fantastic insight into top-level coaching and management. When I read this book, I realised that I knew very little about coaching. The way Pep thinks about football and people is on a different level. Changed the standards I demanded of myself and othersBest quote from the book: “There are many top, top athletes with tremendous God-given talent, but they don’t focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these? You have never heard of them – and you never will.”2Reply

Justin Shiltz

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Justin Shiltz • Aug 13 (edited)@Kevin Middleton I just started this one & all I can say is…wow….. incredible book so far. Love Lijnders & Klopps approach to training, man-management & football. Simply outstanding.2Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Aug 13@Justin Shiltz adding this one to the list!2Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24Quiet Leadership by Carol Ancelottihttps://amzn.to/3xQpvheWritten in 2016 by a humble, kind, genuine human being. Carlo shows in the book that by having a high level of emotional intelligence and remaining calm in the most challenging of situations, you can still achieve huge success. I love this book.Best quote from the book: “There is power and authority in being calm and measured, in building trust and making decisions coolly, in using influence and persuasion and in being professional in your approach.”1Reply

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24Football Start at Home by Tom Byerhttps://amzn.to/4cWIB4lTom is just a legend in the grassroots game across the world. This book is a guide for parents who want to teach very young kids at home. Based on Tom’s experiences as a parent and a coach, I really enjoyed the book and Tom’s work.Best quote from the book: “In order to raise the overall level of soccer, you have to raise the lower level. Pick up the bottom and the top has to go higher.”2Reply

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24Scoreboard Soccer: Creating the Environment to Develop Young Players by David Bairdhttps://amzn.to/4cPxSZeThe book completely flipped my thinking about coaching. After reading this and speaking to David, I went from thinking that coaching was all about drills and instruction to coaching is about an environment that influences player behaviours. A realistic, fun, game-based environment that rewards players for positive behaviour is never going to fail at any training session. Great book packed … See more3Reply

Ross Whitehead🔥

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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Aug 13@Kevin Middleton I love the Scoreboard Soccer idea!1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Aug 13@Ross Whitehead I’m hoping to add the resources in here for members soon 😎1Reply

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24Constraining Football: A vision for player development by Ben Bartletthttps://amzn.to/3VSE3VHA book that doesn’t really spoon-feed you solutions. Instead, this is a book that makes you think and there is a lot to think about in this book, but it is easy to read and understand. The main crux of the book is how constraints can be used to enhance player learning and gain the outcomes you desire from training. About how players learn and the environments that support learning. There is gold on nea… See more1Reply

Rachael Mulholland

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Rachael Mulholland • Jul ‘24@Kevin Middleton he has a webinar this week and next!0Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24@Rachael Mulholland Can you post the details? I fancy attending0Reply

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24Making the Ball Roll: A Complete Guide to Youth Football by Ray Powerhttps://amzn.to/3LfxS91This book is a bible for youth football coaches! It logically sets out the need to prioritise development football over results, then moves on to the challenges of modern grassroots/youth soccer, and then helps coaches understand the different aspects of coaching, learning, and skill acquisition. It even has a very helpful chapter on how to understand things from a parent’s point of view.If you coach yo… See more3Reply

Ross Whitehead🔥

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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Nov 2@Kevin Middleton I’m almost finished this. It has been excellent! I’m on the Parents section now and the player/coach disagreement bit was very interesting!1Reply

Brian Willis

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Brian Willis • 11d@Ross Whitehead this has been on my Amazon wishlist for awhile. Tell me more about it1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul ‘24A Game Model and Accompanying Session Plans by Patrick Kinghttps://amzn.to/4eVgLqDWant a book that goes into a very deep level of detail on game models and then provides the session plans to teach players the model? Then this is the book for you. This is a fantastic book by Patrick King that covers tactical and technical concepts for anyone who is taking a UEFA licence.I still reference this book every week, 4 years after I bought it.Best quote from the book: “The dismarking movement from a pl… See more1Reply

Stephen Kavanagh

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Stephen Kavanagh • Jul 15@Kevin Middleton Interesting! I haven’t read this one.0Reply

Arnold Mbuyu

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Arnold Mbuyu • Dec ‘24any free book? i m living in china and cannot buy on amazon…0Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Dec ‘24@Arnold Mbuyu Hi Arnold, I’m sorry but I do not know of any free coaching books1Reply

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 15Bumping this thread for all the new members.1Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jul 15@Kevin Middleton Ray Power “coaching through superiorities” is fantastic3Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 15@Jamie Birch agreedI might need to update the list as there are a few books I’ve read since that are worthy of the list2Reply

Stephen Kavanagh

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Stephen Kavanagh • Jul 15Horst Wein’s books are great too, I’m always going back to them.1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 16@Stephen Kavanagh 100% yes - I love 3v3 stuff and FUNino1Reply

Stephen Kavanagh

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Stephen Kavanagh • Jul 15I found a lot of good stuff in this one, Peter Prickets Principles of Play. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Footballs-Principles-Play-Peter-Prickett-ebook/dp/B097193C3W/ref=pd_aw_sim_m_sccl_3/262-1937324-5306150?pd_rd_w=BgpeT&content-id=amzn1.sym.5d3fd0d0-5517-4a05-9992-5d6cade8dbd8&pf_rd_p=5d3fd0d0-5517-4a05-9992-5d6cade8dbd8&pf_rd_r=V09G65P6VXP5BTWRZYDT&pd_rd_wg=P3hY5&pd_rd_r=6be202ae-d847-4e05-9059-aa15ed4f0d30&pd_rd_i=B097193C3W&psc=15Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 16@Stephen Kavanagh This is defo one of the books I would be adding to my list of faves. It is a great book, Stephen. So clear and easy to read1Reply

Ross Whitehead🔥

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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Aug 13@Stephen Kavanagh This is a good book. Well laid out and not too long.0Reply

Chris Unruh

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Chris Unruh • Jul 17I recently finished a book called two versus one. It’s part of the German coaches curriculum and was very hard to put down once I got started. Largely about looking to linkup and look for pairs on the field and how to use your players to your advantage and read the best way to beat defenders. For myself it’s going to be in corporates into how I want players to learn how to play off the ball better to help influence the game.2Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jul 17@Chris Unruh looking this one up now Chris! Thanks for the recommendation. Sounds like a really interesting concept.0Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Jul 17@Chris Unruh Chris, I haven’t read the book but everyone is talking about it on TwitterDoes the book breakdown the likely hood of 2v1s happening at the 5v5 or 7v7 level?The book is defo on my list of ones to read0Reply

Chris Unruh

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Chris Unruh • Jul 17By Bernhard Peters and Andreas SchumacherWhat I like about it is that it creates moreOf a principle of how to play instead of a defenders do this or forwards do that. Theory is that individually you are so much less successful in beating a player than if you can recognize how to use, or become a player that can help the one on the ball. It’s one of those see the game differently moments like yeah of course that makes sense. Double the chances of beating a player? Why wouldn’t you.To a point it’s… See more1Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jul 17Yeah sounds really interesting! I’m off to Amazon to get a copy. I’m just finishing Doug Lemov’s “the coaches guide to teaching”. It’s taken me a while to get through, but it certainly makes you think differently.1Reply

Chris Unruh

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Chris Unruh • Jul 17I’ll check that one out as an offseason book thanks . This is a relatively easy read. I can’t remember where I saw the stat or if I completely made it up but my understanding is that offensively a 1v1 is actually successful 30% of the time, 2v1s 60%, and 3v1 90%. So why don’t we focus more towards involving a 3rd player in our duels to our advantage. It’s our off season now so I haven’t gotten a chance to incorporate on the field yet but my hope is that it can help Involve players near but off t… See more1Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jul 17Yep or actually working on some 2 v 1, 3 v 2 or 1 drills before you go into the small sided game1Reply

Chris Unruh

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Chris Unruh • Jul 17Exactly. Create and train the behaviours then try to get them to replicate In a game setting. I’m very intrigued with this concept of getting guys involved off the ball. It’s like be ready to be the next dominoe to fall as they start tipping over towards you. A fork in the path is coming and the more options there are the harder it is to know where it will go1Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Jul 17@Chris Unruh Yep it feels like the theme of third man runs will run through it, even if just to distract a player and take them away. Once you start back in the season let us know how you implement and what successes you have 👍1Reply

Chris Unruh

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Chris Unruh • Jul 17There’s a decent YouTube account called coach Rory soccer and he does overloads in what he calls battle boxes. I usually did those prior to my 3v3 ssgs. But that’s a more static here is your second man you have to use him situation. My goal is to get players to do the prequel to that and first recognize and move to become that second player given the situation unfolding and create the 2v1 then execute it. Cause that’s really where the magic happens once the players see how they can help off ball and what a difference it makes3Reply

Brian Willis

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Brian Willis • 11d@Chris Unruh Coach Rory’s stuff helped me when I got back into coaching after a pretty long break.2Reply

Steven Hall

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Steven Hall • Aug 3This is decent6Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Aug 3@Steven Hall This one would definitely be on my updated list.1Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Aug 3@Steven Hall this is really good 👍🏻 especially recommend for anyone starting their uefa c0Reply

Ross Whitehead🔥

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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Aug 13This is Rob Porter’s first book. It arrived on Saturday and I couldn’t put it down. It’s a good guide for coaching younger age groups. I showed it to one of our other coaches on Monday at training and he said “the club should buy us all a copy” https://hawksmoorbookstore.com/the-golden-age-of-player-development-a-guide-to-foundation-phase-coaching/1Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 19Tagging @Sean Ancheta 👍🏻1Reply

Sean Ancheta

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Sean Ancheta • Oct 19When I was in college I read this book and there were some very simple things I hadn’t thought about that I was able to apply to my game. I would like to get copies for my high school players to read it.3Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 19@Sean Ancheta haven’t seen this one Sean I’ll get on Amazon now1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Oct 19@Sean Ancheta Not read this one - will need to check it out2Reply

Mario Demmelbauer

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Mario Demmelbauer • Oct 19Currently, my two books: Deliberate Soccer Practices from Ray Power - Some SSGs you can try out.Geir Jordet - Pressure - On the psychology of penalty shootout.Geir Jordet has conducted several studies on the topic of scanning/pre-orientation, which is also very interesting in terms of developmental age.5Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 19@Mario Demmelbauer great thanks Mario. Haven’t seen the Geir Jordet books but will take a look now 👍🏻1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Oct 19@Mario Demmelbauer I have read a lot about Geir’s work, but never read his book. I would love to get him on the masterclass series to talk about it1Reply

Sean Ancheta

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Sean Ancheta • Oct 21I thought I saw someone talk about this book in another post perhaps but wanted to put it here as well. This book has helped me as a coach to improve the mental aspect of the players. The information in this book is helpful for those players that perhaps their mental game is what’s keeping them from making the next step in getting better as a player.2Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Oct 21@Sean Ancheta Dan is really good and has been generous with his time in the past1Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 21@Sean Ancheta will check it out 👍🏻0Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Nov 2Finally finished 2v1 and I really enjoyed it!I like the way the book breaks things down in simple terms and that it references with a 2v1, with the threat of a dribble or a pass, creates a decision making dilemma for a defenderLove the training ladder conceptI can see how 2v1 increases the number of decision for all players when compared to a 1v13Reply

Ross Whitehead🔥

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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Nov 2@Kevin Middleton This is another one I’ve had my eye on. I hope Santa is good to me. 😇1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Nov 2@Ross Whitehead parents of kids on your team will start to think what the coaches would like for Xmas…..1Reply

Jess Knox

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Jess Knox • Nov 2 (edited)I also really enjoyed the simplicity of the book. It cleared away a lot of other noise. 2v1 book is what I’m referencing.2Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Nov 2@Jess Knox yeah, I like books that make you think and question what you have been doing, and this one did for me0Reply

Jess Knox

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Jess Knox • Nov 2I am currently reading “Inspiring Young Minds: Mental Mastery for Young Footballers” by Phillip Phillipou (sp?) so far it’s pretty great.4Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Nov 2@Jess Knox will add it to the list1Reply

Brian Willis

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Brian Willis • 11dBumping this again.1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • 11d@Brian Willis glad you found it 👏0Reply

Brian Willis

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Brian Willis • 7d@Kevin Middleton You need to 💎 this post.2Reply

Brian Willis

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Brian Willis • 7dCan anyone recommend any books or resources that talk about relationalism and football? I’ve been seeing it pop up here and there in the last few months and Stevie’s masterclass has me thinking about it again.2Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • 7d@Brian Willis I don’t know any books but would be interested in reading one1Reply

Brian Willis

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Brian Willis • 7d@Kevin Middleton There are a good number of blog posts and YouTube videos from the looks of it. I’ll probably go through some this week, but I really like how Stevie broke it down during the masterclass.2Reply

Brian Willis

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Brian Willis • 4dJust got my copy of Two versus One. Looking forward to diving in to it over the holiday break.3Reply

Jamie Birch🔥

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Jamie Birch🔥 • 4d@Brian Willis let me know what you think, I haven’t got it yet1Reply

Kevin Middleton⭐🔥

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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • 4d@Brian Willis good book0Reply